Head coach Mike MacIntyre enters his second year manning the sidelines at FIU, and while the Panthers were four games below .500, it was a vast improvement compared to recent seasons. Sure, there were dull moments such as a 73-0 evisceration at the hands of WKU — college football’s largest blowout in 2022 — as well as 52-14, 52-7, and 40-6 losses to conference opponents. But the Panthers showed promise by posting a 3-2 record in the month of October, upending an eventual 7-6 New Mexico State squad on the road and eking out an overtime win over Louisiana Tech.